Joe_Luzzi.FULLERTON_CC@QMBRIDGE.CALSTATE.EDU (Joe Luzzi) (10/20/90)
Time: 9:38 AM
Date: 10/19/90
Subject: Re:MacLCw/IIe emulation
>>I do hope the educational community will make the best out of the LC. Apple
>>should have done this 2 years ago. I hope it isn't too late for them.
This is so true. If Apple wanted II users to migrate to the Mac they should
have made this Mac LC/IIe combo years ago! Instead they introduce the IIGS.
I think they are a litte late! I'm a appalled that the LC comes with a 68020!
Why didn't they use a 68030! I'd much rather have a IIsi for this reason! Of
course, the IIe card will only work in the LC!
I think Apple is totally confusing the Apple II Home/Education market by
introducing the IIGS and now pushing this Mac LC/IIe thing. I think this combo
is a great idea, and had it come out a few years ago, I would have bought one!
But, I have a IIGS and so do many schools. What do we do with our IIGS
machines? I also think the LC is overpriced. The PS/1 comes with VGA monitor,
hard drive, keyboard, mouse, software and is only $1800. I don't know if you
could add a Trackstar card to this thing, but if you could, it's a lot better
deal for schools.
I want to see Apple grow ( Mac or Apple II ), but I don't think their thinking
straight.
>>The funny thing which I find puzzling is the fact that there has not, to
>>the best of my knowledge, been a price cut for the GS. It would be a shame
>>to waste the GS's considerable assets needlessly.
>>
>>I can only hope that Apple will cut the price of the GS, perhaps in half,
>>improve it slightly( speed, graphics) and work on a "MacGS". That is a
>>GS on a board in the LC. I guess time will tell. If they don't drop the
>>price, then I would have to infer that they don't want people to buy it.
>>That would be a great shame as GS users would be left with nowhere to go.
>>This has never been Apple's way so...
Exactly! IIGS users are left hanging! IIGS machines are not cheap, and they
expect us to just throw away our IIGS machines for LC/IIe card Macs?
I'm keeping my GS forever. It's an excellent computer. I like Macs, but I'm
not ready to put money one.
>>Philip McDunnough
>>University of Toronto
>>philip@utstat.toronto.edu
>>[my opinions]
Joe M. Luzzi
California State University, Fullerton
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